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Battleship North Carolina Comes to Town, October, 1961
People lined the river to see the ship. They saw more than they bargained for.
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Camping at Fort Caswell, About 1910
At the time the photograph was taken, Mr. Willson, Jr., was a member of the Wilmington Light Infantry.
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Embroidered Hanging, July 15, 1922
Anderson was the son of a Confederate doctor.
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Going Back to Civilian Life Booklet, August 20, 1945
The Going Back to Civilian Life booklet was issued to every individual separated from active service in the Armed Forces.
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Memorial Day
In 2007, Robert C. Cantwell, IV gave this photograph to Cape Fear Museum.
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Reunion Memento, August, 1901
In August 1901, 40 years after the Civil War broke out, a group of more than 500 Confederate Veterans from the State of North Carolina gathered together for an encampment and reunion at Wrightsville Sound.
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S.S. Zebulon B. Vance on Cape Fear River, December 6, 1941
Wilmington’s first liberty ship was named after prominent North Carolina politician Zebulon Baird Vance.
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The New York Herald, January 18, 1865
This copy of the New York Herald newspaper documents the fall of Fort Fisher.
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War Department Letter, July 15, 1946
The collection included this War Department letter to his father detailing the burial location.
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World War I Memorial, February 1, 1926
The memorial was placed near New Hanover High School (at the time the only public high school for white children in the county.